Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-30
THE NEW MANS BID
INITIATING 4 STUDENT INTO THE
MYSTERIES OF A DYKE"
College fun in the University OF Sir-
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dert>-Rsiigious Organization.
We first visit the rooms of all our ac-
ouaintanccs and inform them ot the fact
that our new man has "bid and that
he must hr initiated into the mysteries OF
a dyke This project meets with gen
erai acceptance, ana preparations are
forthwith begun for his time honorcd and
purely local institution Dyke is SAID To
he derived from a Greek verb Signilylng
to show, tO point out i suppose
from the action Of pointing with the right
hand at the victim a. YOU scream, Dyke"
The preparations are made 10y procuT-
ing all the old horns. some OF them six.
eight and ten feet long. that we can lay
our hands on; all the coal sCuttles, not in
actual use, Tor drums; and old clothes.
wrapped around sticks and saturated with
oil for torches With this parapher
MALTA We collect around the door Of our
innocent friend. and. making the rest
conceal themselves behind pillars. trees
and everything else available, | 90 into
his room and watch him dress; talking all
the time in the most uneNcited way posi-
BILE At last he is ready ! stay behind
TO blow ont the lamp as he goes out OF the
door | hear the words Here he is,
boys IAN right. ." and hurried Why,
whats the matter What are you going
todOs' His questions are unheeded and,
after momentary halt TO give the fifty
torch bearers time 10 apply Il match to the
combuStible material on he ends Of their
poles, the prolonged shout. Dyke dyke!
dyke is heard echoing and re-echqSng up
and down the HrcadcS. rousing AL stu
dents. especially The new ones, from their
studies. The cry spreads like wildfire,
and Is taken up from room TO room,
house Ia house, range TO range.
until the venerable old walls shake
with the din. Amid the shouts, the
blowing IF the immense horns, and the
beating Of tin pans, the victim, in the
hands of his quasi friends and by the
glaring light of torches, now increased to
perhaps 100. is rushed around the lawn.
around the ranges, and then up the middle
Of the campus, and is finally placed upon
the topmost step. leading 10 the rotunda
perch, some fifteen or twenty feet above
the sea of upturned faces, which seems TO
he so cruelty enjoying themselves at his
expense.
MAKING A SPEECH.
Some kind friend behind him takes OF
his hat for him. another catches him back
of the neck and COmpels him to make
bow. The cries of speech speech!'
make the welkin ring and the windows in
the old dome rattle II he is wise Young
man, he will keep silent; if not, he will
attempt to speak: but he will never get
further than the first word, 10 be deafened
by the applause. In some ten minutes he
is considered 10 have had enough The
audience take him down, put on his hat,
and rush him down the middle of the
lawn at full speed. When the house at
which the entertainment is gwen is
reached. the 200 men for | have fire.
quently seen that many engaged in =
dyke form double line extending fifty
or seyenty-five yards, and the luclless
victim is rushed through by two captors,
right up into the house little pitied by,
but sffOrding much amusement to, the
girls assembled at the windows.
But when, despite Scylla and
Charybdis, he has safely reached
his haven, they make up for their heart
lessness by being doubly sweet 10 him;
and rs he wends his way homew ward, some
where about the witching hour Of IL, he
declares that for such pleasure he would
suffer il ali again.
He soon makes the acquaintance Of most
of the Young ladies i'll the neighborhood,
if he is .'calicoist'' (which implies
greater lover Of the fair sex than of his
studies,, and pursues their acquaintance,
or not, as his own sweet will may die
tate.
A german club is generally formed in
the early part of the year, and gives
though last year it gave eighteen. This
club is composed Of the dancing girls as
well as young men; the latter have to
sign pledge not to drink a drop Of any
kind of liquor from l. o clock Of the day of
the german until u O'Clock the next day.
This prevents any disorderly conduct, and
makes the germans much less objectiona
BILE than formerly TO the quiet citizens,
who Were liable TO be disturbed at all
hours 10y the uproarious germanites after
the dancing was over.
SOCIETY OF THE LADIES.
Our young friend if fond of dancing,
joins, and goes in for an amusement in
which only the dancing girls engage. II,
however, he Is not a disciple of Terpsi-
chore, and is still fond of ladies' society.
he has an equal number of beautiful and
accomplished girls, who will talk. walk.
ride OF flirt with him. but disapprove Of
dancing
II our friend is not susceptible to the
charms OF the fair sex he is by this time
deep i'll his studies, getting quite inter
"Sted in some ancient Greek, Latin or
Hebrew novelist, or else Is just beginning
Ia see the beauty Of solid geometry, law
or anatomy. II he does not care TO study.
he will find many who are only too glad
10 teach HIM how TO spend his money and
frequently 10 spend ii for him But We
will not suppose our friend has such
disposition as either TO be afraid OF the
girls or his studies. For IT very fire.
qucutly happens that the hest students do
a good deaf of 'calicoing'
About this time he is asked, either bv
friend or some person specially appointed
for the purpose, TO unite himself with the
\. NJ. G. A, which is the oldest college
y. VI. c. 4. in the world-having been
founded in 1858 and having been kept up
ever since. II he is a member of any es-
tablished church, he rarely hesitates to
take advantage Of this opportunity to
show his interest and join in the only re-
ligious work of the university; for the Y.
NJ. c. A. is the only authorized religious
organization here. b. Wilbur, jr., in
Lippincott's.
yirtues Of the Autiphone